PALM BEACH COUNTY — Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher said her staff are doing “everything in their power” to make Thursday's state recount deadline, but she's still extremely skeptical about the county’s ability to complete the count on time.

“We’re in prayer mode to finish on time,” she told reporters Wednesday afternoon.

Bucher told reporters Wednesday the county had to reconcile ballots before continuing to count Election Day ballots. For four hours, the staff stopped running its ballot-counting machines.

This comes after the county’s machines overheated Tuesday night, causing the county to recount nearly 175,000 ballots.

Republicans have called for Bucher’s resignation, criticizing her office for incompetence and slow tallying. She responded Wednesday by saying she hasn’t been home in three days, staying at the Riviera Beach elections tabulation center instead.